Ceará vs Fluminense betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Brazil Serie A
Competition: Sun 31.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Estádio Governador Plácido Aderaldo Castelo (67000 seats)

Ceará - Fluminense in Serie A: Data, line-ups, games, the latest developments and reports. Get our full preview!

Insights:
  • Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fluminense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Ceará and Fluminense.

Fluminense have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2600 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Ceará form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie A, Ceará have managed 6 wins, 6 draws and suffered 2 defeats from 14 games.

Ceará travelled for their previous game, a trip to Bahia that ended 1-1. Ceará's goalie João Ricardo played a big part in securing a draw after 90 minutes against Bahia with a stunning six saves. Fabinho (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.65/10. Fabinho dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 37 successful passes (of 41 total).

0-0 away at Juventude before that.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Ceará have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found twelve matches with the results: Won two, drawn five and lost five.

Ceará are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 14 games. From these home matches, Ceará have conceded only 12 goals.

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Fluminense form and stats

4 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Fluminense playing as the away team in the Serie A this season.

Two away games in a row for Fluminense, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Santos in the Serie A. Luiz Henrique got a match rating of 7.4 in that game, top player of the team. Henrique hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.

A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Flamengo.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Fluminense in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Fluminense, two draws and five defeats.

The attacking power of Fluminense when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 14 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Fluminense have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

These opponents have fought previously this season: Fluminense - Ceará 0-0. Numbers for the former ten meetings involving these two sides are: two wins for Ceará, four draws and four wins for Fluminense. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

CearáGabriel Lacerda
Gabriel Lacerda
4 goals
CearáR. Lima Morais
R. Lima Morais
4 goals
FluminenseL. Rosa da Silva
L. Rosa da Silva
4 goals

Ceará missing players

Fluminense missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Ceará Fluminense
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
28 14 3 Played P 3 14 28
6 6 1 Won W 2 4 10
15 6 2 Drew D 0 4 9
7 2 0 Lost L 1 6 9
26 18 2 Scored S 4 13 28
30 12 1 Conceded C 4 17 30
71% 79% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 89%
64% 64% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 57%
36% 43% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 36% 32%
25% 21% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 21% 18%
4% 7% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 7%
54% 57% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 43% 46%
39% 43% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 29%
36% 21% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 43% 36%
 
5.6 6.1 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.9 4.7
5.3 4.6 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 3.7 5.4 4.9
2.4 2.6 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.4 2
2 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.1 15.7 18 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 10.1 10.8
4.4 5.1 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 4.1 4.1
21% 25% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 22% 24%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Ceará have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fluminense have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlético Mineiro 27 18 5 4 44 20 13 11 1 1 28 8 14 7 4 3 16 12 24 59
2 Palmeiras 28 15 4 9 42 34 15 9 2 4 26 22 13 6 2 5 16 12 8 49
3 Fortaleza 28 14 6 8 38 30 14 8 3 3 21 13 14 6 3 5 17 17 8 48
4 Flamengo 25 14 4 7 47 24 13 8 1 4 22 13 12 6 3 3 25 11 23 46
5 Bragantino 28 11 13 4 44 32 14 4 8 2 20 17 14 7 5 2 24 15 12 46
6 Internacional 28 10 11 7 37 30 14 6 5 3 23 16 14 4 6 4 14 14 7 41
7 Corinthians 28 10 11 7 30 26 13 5 4 4 17 15 15 5 7 3 13 11 4 41
8 Fluminense 28 10 9 9 28 30 14 6 5 3 15 13 14 4 4 6 13 17 -2 39
9 Atletico GO 27 9 10 8 24 24 14 4 7 3 11 11 13 5 3 5 13 13 0 37
10 América Mineiro 28 8 11 9 27 29 14 5 5 4 12 9 14 3 6 5 15 20 -2 35
11 Cuiaba 28 7 14 7 27 28 14 4 5 5 14 17 14 3 9 2 13 11 -1 35
12 Athletico PR 27 10 4 13 32 36 13 6 3 4 18 16 14 4 1 9 14 20 -4 34
13 Sao Paulo 28 7 13 8 22 27 14 4 8 2 12 10 14 3 5 6 10 17 -5 34
14 Ceará 28 6 15 7 26 30 14 6 6 2 18 12 14 0 9 5 8 18 -4 33
15 Bahia 28 8 8 12 32 39 14 5 4 5 19 18 14 3 4 7 13 21 -7 32
16 Santos 28 7 11 10 25 34 14 6 5 3 14 11 14 1 6 7 11 23 -9 32
17 Juventude 28 6 11 11 27 36 14 5 5 4 14 14 14 1 6 7 13 22 -9 29
18 Sport Recife 28 6 9 13 15 24 14 3 5 6 6 8 14 3 4 7 9 16 -9 27
19 Gremio 26 7 5 14 23 32 13 4 5 4 15 13 13 3 0 10 8 19 -9 26
20 Chapecoense 28 1 10 17 24 49 14 0 5 9 10 23 14 1 5 8 14 26 -25 13

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atlético Mineiro 27 18 5 4 44 20 13 11 1 1 28 8 14 7 4 3 16 12 24 59
2 Palmeiras 28 15 4 9 42 34 15 9 2 4 26 22 13 6 2 5 16 12 8 49
3 Fortaleza 28 14 6 8 38 30 14 8 3 3 21 13 14 6 3 5 17 17 8 48
4 Flamengo 25 14 4 7 47 24 13 8 1 4 22 13 12 6 3 3 25 11 23 46
5 Bragantino 28 11 13 4 44 32 14 4 8 2 20 17 14 7 5 2 24 15 12 46
6 Internacional 28 10 11 7 37 30 14 6 5 3 23 16 14 4 6 4 14 14 7 41
7 Corinthians 28 10 11 7 30 26 13 5 4 4 17 15 15 5 7 3 13 11 4 41
8 Fluminense 28 10 9 9 28 30 14 6 5 3 15 13 14 4 4 6 13 17 -2 39
9 Atletico GO 27 9 10 8 24 24 14 4 7 3 11 11 13 5 3 5 13 13 0 37
10 América Mineiro 28 8 11 9 27 29 14 5 5 4 12 9 14 3 6 5 15 20 -2 35
11 Cuiaba 28 7 14 7 27 28 14 4 5 5 14 17 14 3 9 2 13 11 -1 35
12 Athletico PR 27 10 4 13 32 36 13 6 3 4 18 16 14 4 1 9 14 20 -4 34
13 Sao Paulo 28 7 13 8 22 27 14 4 8 2 12 10 14 3 5 6 10 17 -5 34
14 Ceará 28 6 15 7 26 30 14 6 6 2 18 12 14 0 9 5 8 18 -4 33
15 Bahia 28 8 8 12 32 39 14 5 4 5 19 18 14 3 4 7 13 21 -7 32
16 Santos 28 7 11 10 25 34 14 6 5 3 14 11 14 1 6 7 11 23 -9 32
17 Juventude 28 6 11 11 27 36 14 5 5 4 14 14 14 1 6 7 13 22 -9 29
18 Sport Recife 28 6 9 13 15 24 14 3 5 6 6 8 14 3 4 7 9 16 -9 27
19 Gremio 26 7 5 14 23 32 13 4 5 4 15 13 13 3 0 10 8 19 -9 26
20 Chapecoense 28 1 10 17 24 49 14 0 5 9 10 23 14 1 5 8 14 26 -25 13

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The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, often called the Brasileirão (or just Série A), is the primary football competition in Brazil. It has 20 teams playing each other twice from May to December, a total of 38 fixtures. The top team is crowned as the champion and the bottom four are relegated.